Norton SystemWorks 2003

[Waiko]

Hope u guys can share some info on HT when we use Norton Systemworks (NSW) espcially during speed disk.

Will it help to defrag faster?

 

[EeyoreX]

I don't think that there are any Norton products that are multi-CPU aware. The only way it may help is allowing two processes to use the CPU simultaneously. I doubt there will be a significant (if any) difference, as defrag is also limeted by the hard drive speed.

\Dan

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Waiko
Hope u guys can share some info on HT when we use Norton Systemworks (NSW) espcially during speed disk. Will it help to defrag faster?

No, defragmentation is a I/O bound process, not a CPU bound one.
Bill

 

[Waiko]

great info guys....i appreciate it..

BTW is there anything i should do when i defrag my pc....i meant closing all the programs running background and anvirus scanners....what else do i need to do? some programs when i ctrl+Alt+Del i m not sure which to end task it....

thanks
^_^

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Waiko
great info guys....i appreciate it.. BTW is there anything i should do when i defrag my pc....i meant closing all the programs running background and anvirus scanners....what else do i need to do? some programs when i ctrl+Alt+Del i m not sure which to end task it.... thanks
^_^

Are you on 9x or NT/2k/XP? If the former, yea, kill about everything. If the latter, don't bother, you don't need to.

Bill

 

[Waiko]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: Waiko
great info guys....i appreciate it.. BTW is there anything i should do when i defrag my pc....i meant closing all the programs running background and anvirus scanners....what else do i need to do? some programs when i ctrl+Alt+Del i m not sure which to end task it.... thanks
^_^

Are you on 9x or NT/2k/XP? If the former, yea, kill about everything. If the latter, don't bother, you don't need to.

Bill

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